NCT06489405

Horticultural Practices for Children

The Effect of Hortıcultural Practices on Internet Addiction, Social Skills and Stress Levels in Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gazi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 11 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study was conducted with a parallel group randomized controlled experimental design to determine the effect of horticultural practices on internet addiction, social skills and stress levels in children. The children underwent horticultural practices for 6 weeks. Children were given a post-test at the end of the intervention program (week 6), a first follow-up three months after the intervention and a second follow-up six months later.

Conditions

• Internet Addiction Level
• Perceived Stres Level
• Social Skill Level

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Horticultural practices	The first week of the program was 'Getting to know horticultural practices', the second week was 'Painting pots', the third week was 'Planting vegetable seedlings', the fourth week was 'Preparing compost', the fifth week was 'Making pressed flowers' and the sixth week was 'Harvesting vegetables'.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-13
• Primary completion: 2024-06-03
• Completion: 2024-06-26
• First posted: 2024-07-05
• Last updated: 2025-07-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)